Climate Change

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• EcoInternet 
  A nonprofit organization designed to help users locate scientific and policy-related information on climate change and environmental news. The goal is to "promote public policy that addresses global climate change." (Recommended by Choice, American Library Assoc.)
• Climate Central 
  A nonprofit organization that combines science and journalism in an effort to inform the public and decision makers about the effects of climate change. The Gallery includes images, maps, collections, slide shows, videos, and several engaging interactive options. Most impressive is Surging Seas, a map-based project on sea-level rise.  (Recommended by Choice, American Library Assoc.)
• Earth Observatory:  World of Change
  NASA site that includes information about changes in global temperatures, droughts, water levels, etc.
• EPA Climate Change 
  Topics covered include:  Science; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; What EPA is doing,  What You Can Do; and Other Resources.
• National Centers for Environmental Information 
  This site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) features an extensive  historical climate and weather data, including the Local Climatological Data reports as well as a severe storms database.
• NASA  Global Climate Change
• National Snow & Ice Data Center
• U.S. Drought Portal
  A clearinghouse for U.S. drought information built in partnership between federal and state agencies, tribes, universities, and the private sector to help decision makers mitigate the negative impacts of drought.
• U.S. Global Change Research Program
  A congressionally mandated program that coordinates and integrates climate change research across 13 government agencies and publishes scientific assessments of potential impacts in the United States from global warming. Agencies include:  Dept. of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health & Human Services, State, Interior, Transportation, EPA, NASA, NSF, and the Smithsonian.
• USDA Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center

• 2014  National Climate Assessment 
  Summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. A team of more than 300 experts guided by a 60-member Federal Advisory Committee produced the report, which was extensively reviewed by the public and experts, including federal agencies and a panel of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Global Temperature Reports.   
  NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Jan. 15, 2013,  NASA scientists report that global surface temperature in 2012 was 1° Fahrenheit warmer than the 1951–1980 average, continuing a long-term warming trend since the mid-1970s.  
• Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption.
  A special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2012 
• National Science Foundation 
  An archived climate change special report from the National Science Foundation.

• Journey to Planet Earth: Extreme Realities.
  Investigates the link between severe weather, climate change, and threats to our national security. Episode 13. 2014. This video is available through the library.
• Journey to Planet Earth: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
  As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. Episode 12. This video is available through the library.
• Years of Living Dangerously Series
  An 2014 Emmy award-winning 9 part series on climate change. This video is available through the library.